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Slovenska Genealogicko-Heraldicka
Spolocnost Pri Matrici Slovenskej
- SGHS -
= Slovak Genealogical-Heraldic Society at the Matica
Slovenska
copyright 1996-1999 by FEEFHS; all rights
reserved
Latest Update: 26 May 1999 (Link to New Guide Page)
Slovak Genealogical-Heraldic Society
at the Matica Slovenska
c/o Matica Slovenska-Biographical Institute
Novomeskeho 32
036 52 Martin
Slovakia
FEEFHS Representative: Milan
Sismis,
Secretary
(at the above address)
FAX: 011-42-842-331 88
Telephone: 011-42-842-313 71
Telephone: 011-42-842-313 72
eMail address: sismis@matica.sk
SGHS MS President: Prof. PhDr. Jozef Novak, DrSc.
Background: SGHS MS was founded in 1991 at Martin,
Slovakia. It is a non-profit
organization interested in genealogy, heraldry and related
branches. It is led by a committee
elected bi-annually and composed of a president, two
vice-presidents, secretary, treasurer, and six
other members. Actually the society has 350 members from the
Republic of Slovakia, the Czech
Republic and several other countries. It communicates with more
than 100 foreign organizations
and is a member of FEEFHS and the Federation of Family History
Societies of Birmingham,
U.K.
Publications:
- Semi-annual magazine: Genealogicko-Heraldick hlas
(Genealogical-Heraldic Voice)
contains articles, short information, commentaries, bibliography,
etc. in Slovak, with English and
German summaries
- Book Publication: Najstar ie rody na Slovensku (The
Oldest Families in
Slovakia), 1994 in Slovak with English and German
summaries.
Meetings: Once a year in the autumn in Martin, with
lectures, discussions, exhibitions,
bi-annually with General Assembly.
Seminars and Symposiums:
- The Oldest Families in Slovakia, asta-Papierni ka 1993
- Oral Sources and Methods of Genealogical Research, Martin,
1994
- Contemporary Slovak Heraldry, Trenn, 1996 prepared
- Other seminars connected with meetings of members of the
Outstanding Slovak
families.
Exhibitions:
- "Contemporary Slovak Heraldic Art", presenting works of four
prominent Slovak heraldic
artists, since 1991 presented in Slovakia, Romania, Serbia,
Hungary, the Ukraine, Poland and
Austria.
- In 1996 it will be presented in Canada and the
U.S.A.
Research Projects:
- New Project: Slovakia Genealogical Guide. See eMail message: project description.
- "Transcription of of Gravestone Inscriptions" from the
cemeteries in Slovakia and by Slovaks
inhabited territories in Europe, since 1992.
Services: Offering basic information on genealogical
research in Slovakia and special
consultations. We do not provide genealogical research.
Library: Contains collections of genealogical, heraldic
and vexillological periodicals,
publications, manuscripts and typescripts, pedigrees, gravestone
transcriptions,
etc. from other organizations, individual researchers and
donators.
Membership: US$10.00 per year, inclusive subscription for
the magazine Genealogicko-heraldick hlas.
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